The accordionist and co-founder of the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars actually came to play the instrument and Yiddish music quite by accident. Glenn has played piano and organ with numerous rock acts including Anders Osborne, Susan Cowsill, and Lulu and the Broadsides and teaches Jewish music at Tulane University. Time spent playing klezmer music has also fostered a deepening spiritual life and religious practice. Listen in as his faith is put to the ultimate test with the Troubled Men.

Topics include school predictions, the heat, the Clive Davis doc., the Paul Williams doc., Barry Manilow, “The Loved One,” Carpenters, Carl Reiner, Jeopardy, a gathering, Long Beach, early bands, Fishbone, a trip to New Orleans, Tulane time, the key to Miami, MasterClass, Yiddish music, Jonathan Freilich, the Naked Orchestra, the Playboy Jazz Fest, the Purple Onion, an O’Farrell Theater story, the Tenderloin, klezmer origins, a new generation, Mexican food, Kosher food, flexidoxy, and much more.

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Intro music: Styler/Coman

Outro music: “Dr. Lizard” by the N.O. Klezmer Allstars from “Fresh Out The Past”